#I fucking love OJV Stan

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Wow what else is new I’m thinking about the a OrangeJuiceVerse again and Not Writing the completely unrelated story I’m working on ANYWAY!!!

OJV Stan is the ACTUAL sweetest boy on the planet and I WANNA TALK ABOUT HIS SOBRIETY!!!

Tw for alcoholism so it’s below the cut

I know I’m annoying abt ojv Stan’s sobriety, but it’s really, really important to me. I may have started the OrangeJuiceVerse because I saw this art of basketball Kyle and mascot Stan, but Broken Bottles From Apartment 2 is what actually solidified that au as an ongoing thing, and Stan’s sobriety is a cornerstone of that story.

As referenced in the aforementioned story, Stan stopped drinking at 25, and why? Because one day, a week or so after Kyle’s birthday, Stan had been off work and had been pulling from his secret bottle all day, and Kyle’s blood sugar hit a low. So Stan went to make him a KMBS (introduced here) BUT he was way drunker than he thought he was, and forgot how many ice cubes go in, and it hit him that if he was forgetting things like that, the drinking was a real problem.

Y’all it was SO bad Stan literally collapsed on the floor crying and Kyle’s like “dude dude WHAT what the fuck is it” meanwhile his dexcom is beeping and he fully forgot to eat at lunch bc work was busy so he’s also not doing well Stan is like “KY I DONT REMEMBER” they’re on the floor beside the fridge and Kyle is yanking it open and they’re sharing a bottle of Gatorade and Stan finally just spills EVERYTHING about how scared he is of his drinking habits, how like “yeah I know I’ll have a couple beers at night but it’s MORE than that” and Kyle is mentally REELING bc he didn’t think it was this bad, Stan is sobbing, Kyle is trying not to, Moose is curling his tiny cat body on Stan’s lap, they are all LITERALLY on the kitchen floor it’s the most heartbreaking scene you’ve ever witnessed.

And that night, Stan swears off alcohol. He dumps his vodka down the sink. He calls out of work and rides out the withdrawals over the next few days. A very freaked out Kyle is also calling out of his job to take care of him and he’s fucking terrified the whole time. But when Stan’s on the other side of the physical part? The self loathing tries to take him.

Kyle is fucking BEGGING him to go see one of his therapist friends, but Stan won’t do that, so Kyle’s like “okay it’s either that or we’re going to AA” and Stan picks AA bc even though he hates the idea of it (he went with his dad once when he was 9 and Randy Jackass Marsh got a dui) it feel less daunting than therapy.

And Stan winds up LOVING AA. Everyone at the local chapter is super chill. Ky goes with him the first few times, someone brought their dog, and this old man came up to him at the end, and they talked long after everyone had left Ye Olde Meetin Hall. Stan found his people in this group, despite being one of the youngest there, and that community is really important in his life. When he found out a few of them did an annual camping trip, that’s what really sold him on the whole thing.

So OrangeJuiceVerse Tweek comes into the picture abt 2 years after Stan stops drinking, and THAT was the thing that made me write BBFA2. Stan is THE support group king in the later OJV, and he just wants to help everyone, he’s Tweek’s sponsor, when they hit meetings it’s so kickass fuck I love them. The old geezers at the group are so fucking funny too, Tweek was terrified but stan told them they gotta chill out before he brought twerk.

Moose regularly comes to meetings and is a huge hit, they do a Birthday Night potluck every month (stan gets made fun of for not eating meat), and there’s not a single actually judgemental person there. Like Stan and Tweek are both in long term relationships with other men, and they’re in assfucknowhere Colorado, but the ONE homophobic asshole got put in his place REAL fast by everyone else there. When Tweek showed some people a pic of his husband the middle aged lady beside him at the table was like DAMN SWEETIE that’s one handsome man! Lmfao I gotta write a snippet of the ojverse aa group.

Stan and his sponsor RULE the group!!! They both have this charismatic energy and the old guy (his name is mark) is actually so cool, Stan may have been skeptical abt aa at first, but later down the line he’s showing up super early to hang with Mark and he’s greeting newcomers

Dude I’m crying abt Support Group King Staniel again

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HELP I JUST LAUGHED SO HARD ok LISTEN the reason I do not ever shut the hell up about OrangeJuiceVerse Kyle’s bad knee is bc I think it is EXTREMELY FUNNY that his stubborn ass didn’t let let that shit heal right, like this dumbass teenager really said “yeah the doctor said I can walk on it again I’m good” smh and this mf knows he shoulda done physical therapy but does he care? Nope! Until he moves it weird and gets pissed about it. Idk I just find Ky getting annoyed about it really amusing plus, ya know, Style Carry™️ potential. Bc Stan finds Kyle SO cute when he’s mad and he likes to get to rescue him, and Kyle doesn’t NEED to get rescued he just likes that Stan loves him (your honor they are huge fucking simps).

And honestly? In general, I like giving Kyle some kind of chronic ailment. Injury, illness, either one; he just strikes me as the kind of guy to downplay what’s going on with him until he can’t anymore. Across the PCE board and especially OJV, he does have trouble admitting to needing help. It bothers him a lot, makes him irritable. And OrangeJuiceVerse Ky in particular mannnnn, this guy got a lot going on. They all do, because the central theme of that au and its spin-offs is healing, mentally and physically.

That being said I also just think “knight in shining armor complex Stanley Down Bad Marsh carrying his sbf while Kyle pretends to be mad” is hilarious and I’m never stopping

Just finished re-reading OJV+ a lot of the other oneshots bc PCE’s works make me criminally insane

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LEAVE MR “I LEARNED SOMETHING TODAY’S” KNEES ALONE

EVERY TIME I READ SOMETHING ABOUT HIS KNEES I JUST HEAR “AH FUCK MY BONES-“

(HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER BY THE WAY🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻)

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Asking this knowing it will break my heart- Stan being a Vet Tech while being the biggest animal lover and extremely sensitive must be ROUGH.. is there any specific times he’s been really affected by something that happened at work 💔💔

I know Ky and Moose will help their boy though 🤓

Oh my god YES holy shit our boy OJV Stan gets so attached to every animal he works with and like Wendy runs the front desk and has totally implemented a rule that Stan does NOT get to see any pets coming in for euthanasia. The whole clinic squad knows that would break his heart. Stan is such a good pet doctor man and his patient’s humans love him too, like a sweet old lady with a cat coming in and he’s like “uh oh Fluffy did you get into the yarn box again” “I’ll tell ya, I don’t know if she ate any of it this time but I figured you could check” lmao. The main vet handles most of diagnosing and everything, but a lot of the regulars request Stan to assist because he’s AWESOME at keeping the patients calm. They all adore him as they should.

Like even when a patient is super nervous and panics and even hurts someone (I’m never getting over the fact that this boy got his ribs broken and was more worried about the horse than himself lmfao) he LOVES those animals.

It does destroy him when there’s an emergency and he can’t save the critter. I’m a lot like Stan in that I’m a vegetarian animal lover fantasy dork, which this why I’ll never write out an animal death (hence why we’ve just decided Moose is immortal), and I have a headcanon about a time a pet death really upset him.

Someone had been a regular for years at the clinic with a parrot named Quito. Quito was old as hell, his favorite word to squawk was “fuck”, and he would trill the national anthem and Stan found him FUCKING HILARIOUS. but Quito had lived a longggg life and his human eventually had to make the decision to put him down because he was dying. Stan was devastated for real. Like yes it comes with the job, and the staff knows him well enough to make sure he doesn’t see any of the dead animals, like this is the man who starts crying because a sick puppy on the exam table wagged it’s tail at him (oh my god y’all he’s so good at petting creatures he knows exactly where to scratch fuck ojv Stan is the most precious boy) and after that parrot passed on, he started sobbing in the back room, had to go home early.

My boy called Kenny on the drive home and THANK GOD it was a Saturday and Kyle wasn’t at work, bc Stan immediately wrapped himself around Ky and just held him, one hand on Moose’s little head, begging them both to “please never die” (holy fuck i am crying. It is 4 in the morning and I’m genuinely struggling to see because I’m crying) and if you’re familiar with the Moose origin story, u know that that kitty is named Moose because Stan, in a depressive slump, had been reading his favorite kids books and “Thidwick The Big Hearted Moose” was the one he’d been reading the day before someone brought a certain little brown kitten into the shelter he was volunteering at. And Kyle, ever perceptive, knowing his sbf inside and out, seeing he’s really in need of comfort, reads him (and Moose) that Dr Suess book, about the moose who let all the woodland creatures make a home in his antlers. Because that’s Stan.

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hello! I feel like I haven’t left you an ask in ages lmaooo

i would LOVE to hear any Marjorine/Kenjorine headcanons you have!!

I know a few people don’t really like the Marjorine headcanon (mostly due to transphobic reasons :c) so it’s really nice to see in depth character writing for her character. I think both Butters and Marj very rarely are well written and it’s great to see people include them within the main 5!!

I love Kenjorine and Marj in general! And I definitely agree it annoys me when people get the characterization for Butters/Marj so off base. They’ve gotta have that gullibility and innocence, but ALSO the chaos causing manipulative streak. I tend to lean towards the sweet side with characters in general, but my OJV Marjorine definitely has her spice.

I feel like I always write Marj as taller than Kenny and Butters as shorter, but yeah OJV Marj is nearly as tall and strong as Stan, and dresses like a southern belle, super feminine, monogramed clothing, pastels, dresses like a barbie and then obliterates everyone at poker. She’s trading stocks and shockingly good at it, running pyramid schemes, a total badass at scams. Kenny has so much faith in her ability to fuck shit up he just sits back and watches.

I also love when we have an immortal Kenny and Marj/Butters is the only one who remembers the deaths. One of my favorite bunny tropes fr. Kenny’s inability to stay dead is such an interesting concept and I can never get enough of it, if we go with nobody remembering, or one person remembering, the emotional consequences of being alone or semi alone in that kind of pain, but I love having Kenny have Marj to lean on. I gotta write some more Kenjorine man my wips are all style and k2

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OJV Guidance counselor Kyle has been swimming in my brain !! I asked this question for Stan a bit ago but I wanna give Ky the same love since they both have jobs they def come with super hard moments

Has there ever been a student situation or situation in general at School that really shook Kyle up 🤓 I just love him as a counselor so I would love more lore 🐞🐞

Oh you are ALWAYS on my same page!!!!

Ok (ed trigger warning) so later timeline OJV Kyle working with middle school kids, he’s def seen some shit. And Kyle, okay, he is VERY easy to open up to. You see this mf and he’s so parental, you immediately want to spill everything. You just feel like you can trust him.

But occasionally things hit too close to home. Specifically ed related. So Kyle’s eating disorder, back in high school, was fucking ROUGH. He had a really hard time mentally with it, centering around control, and that stuck with him. When a kid comes to his office with obsessive compulsive related thoughts it hits him particularly hard. He helps them rationalize, helps them work it out, but shit does get to him. He’ll go home and hand his phone to Stan like “you’re doing my insulin I can’t look” “shit dude what the hell happened?!” And Kyle will just tell him that if he sees any goddamn nutrition information he’s gonna lose it.

Also. If a kid is having a Bad Time at home, kyle is ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY going to that kid’s home. All 5’7 130 of Kyle Broflovski-Marsh, tiny mf, is going to absolutely obliterate whoever is fucking with his kids. He’s getting CPS involved. He’s holding that child at the police station. He’s calling Stan if he needs to. He’s fucking MAKING SURE the kids he sees on the daily are okay. And do NOT underestimate Ky bc he will absolutely kick anyone’s ass. He has eviscerated an abusive dad with a single left hook and Spite.

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So I have a singular brain cell and thought this anon was just asking if they could ask me whatever abt the OrangeJuiceVerse (btw YALL pls do) I went back and saw that they were asking me to say whatever bs for that au SO!!!

Here’s a kinda sad thing that got me in Wife Jail with neen last night bc we were talking abt it.

So in chapter 5 of Broken Bottles From Apartment 2, when Stan and Tweek are having their heart to heart, Stan mentions what Rock Bottom meant to him. I’m putting a cut here bc it may get to be a Lot

So, OJV Stan stopped drinking at 25, the week after Kyle’s birthday. He’d been through bouts of excessive drinking before, sure, but always in secret, always hiding the extent of it from Kyle.

Like, Stan would openly have a drink with Ky while they’re hanging out, they’ll get wine drunk together and make out, but Stan, when he gets really bad with the drinking, hides. He doesn’t want Kyle to worry. And Kyle knows SOMETHING is up, and he’s like looking up what could be going on until this one fucking day:

So the boys are hangin out watching a movie, Stan has a beer on the coffee table but he’s also had a few too many pulls from his hidden bottle, and he (this is very unusual for him) doesn’t notice the early warning signs of Kyle starting to not feel so good. Like Ky’s starting to move a little sluggishly and sweating despite complaining about being cold, and NORMALLY Stan’s first instinct is to ask his SBF if he’s checked his blood sugar, because for the most part they can catch a low before it gets to where his monitor is beeping. But Kyle’s not paying attention to his body, and Stan is a lot more drunk than he thought he was.

So Kyle’s like “oh fucking goddamnit” and Stan springs up to make the ever specific KMBS (if you’re not familiar with this au, the KMBS (Kyle Matthew Broflovski Special) is orange juice in a very specific nostalgia inducing T&P cup with EXACTLY seven ice cubes (bc Ky claims to not be superstitious but 7 is the biblical number of perfection and completion) and a sprinkle of salt). The problem is, Stan is super fucking drunk. He pours the juice, cracks the salt, starts dropping the ice in, and then he can’t remember how many go in. And that fucking SCARES HIM. Like he knows the sbf inside and out. He’s supposed to know. And he falls over the kitchen counter SOBBING and Kyle gets up like “oh my God WHAT dude what’s the matter” but Kyle’s dexcom starts beeping at him and he’s still on the verge of a low so he’s gently pulling Stan to the floor with him (bc he cannot safely be standing). They’re on the kitchen floor and Kyle is yanking the fridge open to grab a Gatorade and he hates the red Gatorade but he’s so mad that his monitor is loudly announcing itself and he is trying to stabilize himself and forcing Stan to drink some bc you can’t drink and cry at the same time. “Dude, sweetheart, what is it” and they’re pulled into each other like MAGNETS!! And Stan is so goddamn upset like THIS ENDS HERE!! He wants to always remember how to make Kyle’s *Cartman voice* “nostalgic asshole drink”

So they’re cuddled together on the floor, Moose the cat is climbing between them, Stan is confessing EVERYTHING and Kyle’s feeling so guilty for not knowing, like this is their rock bottom, collectively, bc Kyle will follow Stan even when he goes down. Ky once his blood sugar stops being fucked immediately starts looking at resources and detox facilities. Like by GOD he’s gonna get Stan better. It isn’t until days later that Stan’s over the worst and the real healing can start.

There’s a shattered trust there, because Kyle completely trusted that his partner wouldn’t have a hidden liquor stash, and he’s had panic attacks just thinking about how he didn’t know. But once that trust is rebuilt, it’s SO FUCKING STRONG!!! And Stan was really hesitant about AA, but that first meeting he found out some of the group does a camping retreat in the summer and that helped lmao king shit.

It’s also not hard for Kyle to understand Stan’s mentality with his alcoholism. Like OJV Kyle is a recovered anorexic, and in a way, both are addictions. Both are a slippery slope. He is Stan’s ROCK during the time he’s adjusting to sobriety, like there’s milestone stickers on the wall calendar and every day of no poison in Stan’s system is a celebration! Stan quickly stops craving it and gets really emotional thinking about all the time he wasted over the years, but that’s okay! Because no matter what, he’s still got Kyle, and that’s never changing. Moose eventually stops eyeing the pocket of Stan’s robe (where he hid the bottles) suspiciously.

Their relationship is seriously so much stronger for all of this. Kyle is so proud of Stan every day. The communication is better, the trust is more instinctual than even before, and Stan never again forgets that it’s seven ice cubes.

(OJV Stan’s sobriety is really important to me ok)

Can we have anything you want on OJverse? It's my hyperfixation rn

YES DEAR GOD HOLY SHIT!!! Any and ALL THINGS!!!

OJV is quite literally my favorite of my aus and I have so ridiculously many out there so that’s saying something dude I have ENDLESS lore and I LOVE getting asked things so any questions you have SEND EM MY WAY <3

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Another OJV friendship that is my fav is Kenny and Kyle, I was wondering if you wanted to talk about them because I live for your Headcannons and tumblr extras 🤓

I ALSO live for the headcanons and tumblr extras and OK ORANGEJUICEVERSE KENNY AND KYLE LETS GOOOOOO!!!

So like, Kenny is EASILY styles closest friend other than each other. And OJV Ken is pretty much everyone’s go-to, like Stan running to him when he feels like he fucked up, Marj and Cartman knowing Kenny’s down with a scheme, but it’s a little different with Kyle.

Kyle is 100% the mom friend of the group. And the WHOLE REASON he’s like that with everybody is because growing up, he was the one to jump in as the voice of reason (especially when the Disaster Duo gets goin) and always took care of his people. And who needs taken care of the most? Kenny.

Kyle is CONSTANTLY scolding him for not taking care of himself, doing crazy shit, yes he’s amused by a lot of the antics, but when the logic takes the forefront, he’s all Sheila mode “DR PEPPER DOESNT COUNT AS WATER ESPECIALLY IF YOURE GOING TO A BLOOD DRIVE” “aw it’s fine Ky I got it covered” “no,” *throws a water bottle at him* “I’ve got YOU covered”

Kyle’s super supportive of Kenny’s career, too. That’s not only his bestie but also his metaphorical son. He is SO hyping up every new painting and sculpture, the first person Ken shows new work to bc not only is it gonna be a confidence boost, but Kyle will also have suggestions when he’s stuck.

Kenny, our darling chaotic comic relief friend who hides his own issues behind a grin and a joke and a guardian angel complex, is VERY protective of Kyle. Nearly as much as Stan is. OJV Kenny is a LITTLE GUY, even shorter than Kyle is, but he’s POWERFUL and has every creative solution to get the gang out of a bind, and he’s really friendly with everyone he meets, and people automatically open up to him. On top of that, he is REALLY good at reading people. Kenny’s super perceptive. He sees when someone in his found family has something going on, even before they say something. Ken was the first to be suspicious of what was going on with Ky in high school, brought it up to Stan, who said “I know dude. He’s stressed as shit but I don’t want to piss him off by telling him to relax”, like Kenny does people EXPERTLY; at 14 he knew it wasn’t his place to stage an ed intervention and knew he had to wait for Kyle to hit the point where he either hit rock bottom or came forward on his own.

On the note of Kenny’s emotional intelligence, I mean, come on. Artists in particular see creative solutions to problems, read the energy around us. And Kenny… oh my GOD that boy is a force to be reckoned with in strategy. Which is WHY he and Kyle are BANNED from teaming up in any game. They’re too powerful together. Poker? Fuckin forget about it those two are DESTROYING EVERYONE they are way too smart and between Kyle’s own abundant perceptiveness and Kenny’s people skills they’re not fucking around lmfao. I also find it extremely iconic that while both Ken and Stan are super smart, you put them together and they are sharing a singular brain cell, doing the dumbest shit, and Kyle is RIGHT THERE telling them off for it.

Kenny is so so incredibly thoughtful though too. He is absolutely the person you want to go to if you need a shoulder to cry on, and Kyle, who is the other person in the gang who gets relied on emotionally a lot, does go to him.

Thank u for the ask man live laugh love orange juice

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Begging for you to talk about OJV Stans and Marj’s friendship. Mari coming out to Stan first and whenever she is having a meltdown him always zooming to find Kenny or Kyle is so wholesome. I always head cannon that Stan would view Marj like a little sister so your interpretation of their friendship makes me so happy. I would love to hear more facts/head cannns about them :3

Oh my god first of all HELL YES OJV Marj and Stan, their friendship slays so hard and I love that you’re asking abt it!

One of the things about OJV Stan is that he IS the Dad Friend. By which I mean he’s extremely protective but also unequipped for actual crises, and is prone to inadvertently indulging in shenanigans. The way this extends to Marj? Lemme get goin.

So when she came out to him, bro was CONFUSED like “uhhhh why am I the first person you’re talking about this with? Why not, I dunno, Kenny or something” like Stan fully isnt the person to go to for advice but he IS the person to confide in (plus he gives really good hugs if u need them) and he actually cried when her answer was “I just felt like I could trust you is all” this sweet boy, if he doesn’t know what to do in a situation he’s GONNA find someone who will, so he went “what about talking to Kyle? He might know more about this than me?” And she read him for absolute filth lmao all “well speakin of, that’s why I came to you. You have your own little secret that you’ve been scared to bring up, dontcha” AGDGJKLH

Nah but seriously, their friendship is so wholesome, she frequently scolds Stan for indulging Kenny’s recklessness, he’s out here like “dude Marj that’s a pyramid scheme don’t fuck with that shit” (she winds up running it lmfao) and may not always be the most observant person, but he knows his friends and ALWAYS recognizes the signs of Marj starting to shut down, and she knows that. She says the word and Stan is finding her someone with the emotional tools to help. I also like to think that Stan COULD be one of those people. OrangeJuiceVerse Stan Marsh is actually very emotionally intelligent, but he isn’t confident enough in that to think he has any room to help others. It’s the same reason that later down the line he wrestles with taking on a sponsee.

A more fun note: in that first year of college, the trio of Marj Stan and Cartman are THE musical theatre gang. I’m talking they are DESTROYING karaoke. I don’t know why I have this headcanon but I do and I love it. Another is that when Stan gets in trouble with her he gets so guilty for disappointing her lmfao like out here looking like a sad puppy all “I’m sorry Marj Ken and I thought hanging off the roof was the best way to get the top piece of his sculpture attached” smh “don’t tell Kyle” “don’t tell me what?” Lmao

And Stan is SUPER protective of anyone in his group, plus he’s kind of a social justice warrior lol he isn’t confrontational as Kyle and Cartman are but he’s GONNA go “hey dude that’s not cool” call someone out for being a dick and he’s intimidating when he gets mad! Like OJV Stan is a BIG BOY he’s a gentle giant for sure but fuck with someone he loves and suddenly the golden retriever boy is SCARY. karaoke trio nights someone says something transphobic and he is there all “the fuck did you just say to her?” Now Marj and Stan are both the ‘muscle’ of their group. Both are tall and strong and could definitely fuck someone up. They don’t, but they could. Both are pretty gentle in nature which is super sweet, but they could do some damage if they had to. They’re a slay duo tbh

That’s what I got rn dude, thank u for the ask I love the OJV homies!!!

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How did Kyle and Stan get together in the OJV universe.

I didn't find it on Ao3. Or am I just blind?

It’s not in the ao3 lineup, though their first kiss is the focus of day 4 of my Style Week fic if you want that, bc I made the conscious decision to start the OJV in their sophomore year of high school even though they started dating as freshmen, but I’ve gotten into the beginning of their relationship a few times under the OrangeJuiceVerse tag on here! I’ll summarize in this ask tho bc it’s probably a lot to sort through.

So the summer before and through about October of the m5’s first year of high school, that’s when Kyle’s ed developed and wound up getting really fucking bad. Stan finding out when Ky passed out from low blood pressure and sugar at basketball practice and telling Sharon who told Sheila was the beginning of his first recovery arc, getting into an outpatient program and set up with a therapist and dietitian, having to do online school for a while so he could focus on healing, all that. And Stan, unable to stand being away from his best friend (who he “secretly” had a crush on) for very long, was over at Kyle’s house every single day, bringing him flowers, being there for meal support, doing his research on what Kyle was going through, making sure he felt supported in a way that wasn’t his mother’s overbearingness.

A big factor to how Kyle got so unwell with his eating disorder is because he’s also a type 1 diabetic, and got super reckless about not taking his insulin because he wasn’t eating, never checking his levels and just flying from the seat of his pants ignoring his already chronically ill body. Here’s why this is relevant.

So the decision is made by Kyle’s doctors and parents that he’s getting a Dexcom, about a month into recovery, so he can better deal with things and it isn’t as easy for him to skip his medication. The day he’s set to go get it, Stan’s over ofc, and Stanley Down Bad Marsh just blurts it out that he’s so happy he’s doing better and that he loves him. Not just as a super best friend, but “like, romantically and shit”. And of course Stan’s worried that 1) maybe Kyle won’t reciprocate but also 2) Kyle might not be in the place mentally for a relationship, but Kyle, who has been ALSO madly in love for years is STOKED!!! Cue mutual confessing, Sheila interrupting to take Ky to his doctors appointment, and style texting all “does this mean you’re my boyfriend now?” While Kyle’s in the waiting room and Stan is still in his room until Kyle gets back lmfao

As much as anorexia is a bitch and a half, Kyle’s recovery WAS the catalyst for OJV style getting together. Stan was fucking terrified when he realized how bad off Kyle actually was, how good he was at hiding it, and that made him really face how much he COULD NOT LOSE HIM. And he had to tell him, and they’ve been together ever since

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What was it like when OJV style first started dating? I’m rereading OJV for the 100th time and I live for early teen style fluff lmaoo them being dorks with each other makes me happy

Aaaaaaa my sweet awkward boys!!! Oh my goodness Stan just bumbling out a “dudeireallyloveyouandimgladyouredoingbetterholyshitdidijustsaythat” and Kyle laughing and saying he loves him too and then they’re texting all “wait does this mean we’re boyfriends now”. And when they tell their families everyone’s confused bc they thought they were already dating lmfao.

These poor babies had NO idea what to do at first, but it ended up being pretty similar to how they’d always acted, just with more hand holding and kissing (simps). OJV style was always pretty much attached at the hip, and that definitely doesn’t change when they start dating, it just results in more overthinking at first.

And ofc those codependent losers were always very give and take, Stan says those three little words first and Kyle considers it his responsibility to initiate the first kiss (day 4 of my Style Week fic those gay idiots kissin under the stars ugh I love them so bad) and they’re both trying SO hard. I will absolutely never apologize for Stan’s dorky ass deciding the best way to impress his boyfriend is to learn fucking ELVISH and what’s more it WORKS goddamn losers one of my favorite things in OJV canon tbh.

As for group dynamic when they get together, Cartman naturally says some shit like “whatever, as long as you too faglings don’t fuck up the broship” (yes Kyle punched him for that) like he’s not secretly over the moon bc Cartman is a shipper through and through. Kenny and Marj are super supportive to the point it’s embarrassing and Kenny ofc has to tease them relentlessly.

Now y’all know a very important thing to me about OrangeJuiceVerse style is the size difference, but they start dating freshman year and Stan is only like two inches taller than kyles 5’7 (little do they know Stanathan is gonna shoot up while Kyle’s done growing lmao angry short king) this makes kissing much easier since they’re on the same level, but come junior year when Stan hits that last growth spurt? Bro gets HUGE and Kyle is at first bothered (until he sees him sweaty and very Boy after practice hehe). Naturally this brings me to the Style Carry™️, which, in OJV canon, occurred for the first time ever in A Fall In The Springtime. And that was only because Kyle didn’t really have a choice and couldn’t say no to Stan’s knight in shining armor complex. Ngl I think that whole ordeal is what awakened Kyle’s pain kink bc being carried up the steps after being hurt in a basketball game was really sweet and Stan was just too doting and adorable. They’re both down horrendous.

Of course it’s crucial to me that they’re super best friends at the root of their romantic relationship. They still joke around, tease each other, act like typical teenage boys and get into shenanigans. They’ll hold each other’s hands after taking bets on who can build the tallest snowman though.

They grow up together, and thus do a lot of learning together. Stans only relationship experience is his childhood fling with Wendy, and Kyle’s relationships have never been more than a passing experiment. They figure it out together, with a lot of (often misguided) advice from the rest of the gang. Their parents probably aren’t any help, because the dads are pretty useless and their moms are overbearing to the point of frustration so they kind of wing it and do what feels natural. After all, super best boyfriends is really only a step up from super best friends, and no one will ever understand them the same

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Ooooh!!

Now I need to hear more about Ike in your OJV universe

What's he like as an adult?

Hell yeah brother! I haven’t written him much in the OJV main stories, or in general, really, I think the only stories I’ve done where he was more than just mentioned were HWB (love him in that lmao) and ATLCTS. I should amend that bc Ike SLAYS!!!

So OrangeJuiceVerse Ike Broflovski. I had an ask a while back (from the wife I believe ehe) where I went into style and their relationships with their family members and each others where I touched on Ike a little bit, but here’s official OJV Ike lore!

That Canadian fucker is smart as HELL a certified genius, skipped a couple grades and graduated high school before he even turned 16. Sped right through college and got a masters in computer science, double majored that with engineering. Like his brother, he has a passion for understanding the world around him, but he did tend to coast a bit in school, just because it all came so naturally to him and he usually didn’t have to try. As an adult, he has a tech startup company (I know nothing about technology so I’m not going to pretend I’m not kidding I can’t even figure out the tv my husband has to do it) and it’s SUPER successful. Ike is a resourceful badass and while he doesn’t share Kyle’s or their mother’s penchant for taking up a cause and fighting injustice, he has helped a lot of people with what he does.

I see Ike going through a laundry list of girlfriends, but I don’t know that he’d ever truly settle down romantically. Long term relationships don’t really interest him, but he’s very devoted to his friends and family.

I feel like he got tall really fast in middle school. Yes this pissed Kyle off. Wide smile, black hair and brown eyes. He’s kind of a string bean too lmao one of those guys who’s all limbs

He’s completely unserious a lot of the time too, and the most hilarious guy ever to troll the internet. When he and Stan hop on the gta roleplay servers, Ike knows ALL the codes to fuck shit up and make it rain rubber ducks or something. He likes to see how fast he can get kicked off. Idk why I have that headcanon but I just feel like he so would.

He’s really protective of Kyle, in the typical sibling “only I get to make fun of you” type of way. At the style wedding when Kyle was getting ready he absolutely told him he looked “gay as fuck, good thing you’re getting gay married” lmao

Ike what a dude

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I don't think I've seen anyone ask this before, or I haven't bedn able to find it, but?

Is your big boy Stan aware that he's buff? Like hella fine type of buff?

Or if he's aware, does he keep that in mind when he works out?

Or is Kyle just sitting there enjoying getting cubbled by his unaware buff teddy bear of a man?

He’s aware, kind of. He’s not someone who thinks about his physical appearance a whole lot, and is pretty insecure about most things about himself, especially when he isn’t well mentally, appearance included. He stays fit mainly because he wants to be able to hold every animal no matter how big like a baby, and because he feels best when he’s physically strong, the aesthetics are just a bonus. Though like I said, he’s pretty insecure at times, especially if he gets in his head about the fact that he legitimately could’ve had a professional football career if he hadn’t gotten hurt and subsequently depressed about it (briefly mentioned in Bang, You’re Dead!), and he has fallen into the trap of comparing himself to college athletes that he makes small talk with at the gym.

That being said, having more of a soft strong body doesn’t bother him, and he doesn’t get upset over any weight gain, especially happy pounds, unless he winds up having to get rid of clothing items (And Not The Other Way Around). Stan is sentimental as fuck and holds on to EVERYTHING; the shirt he was wearing when he and Kyle kissed for the first time definitely doesn’t fit him anymore considering he’s no longer 15 and a good 5 inches taller and at least 40 pounds heavier, but he still has it.

OJV Stan is pretty clean cut all american boy next door vibes with keeping his hair trimmed, facial hair shaved other than the brief beard phase as a bet with Kenny, handful of tattoos usually covered, but he’s pretty Typical Man when it comes to his appearance. If he looks decently put together, he doesn’t care. It’s not something he thinks about. The only reason he knows he’s hot? Kyle tells him. Frequently.

Kyle’s very vocal. He’s not hesitating to share his opinion on ANYTHING, and Stan who does not give a shit about clothes (man cannot dress) only knows what looks good on him bc Ky TELLS him. Kyle’s love language is words of affirmation and he is liberal with his praise, especially of Stan. He makes SURE Stan knows he finds him hot, especially if Stan’s Sadsack Mode. Even in high school when Stan was the apple in the eye of all the teenage girls, he only ever accepted Kyle’s compliments. He trusts Kyle more than he does himself a lot of the time, and Ky will gently tell him when he needs to get it together, when he looks happier, when that shirt makes his eyes pop. Stan is VERY conventionally attractive, only exacerbated by the fact that he’s humble to a fault. Kyle sings his praises eternally and makes sure he knows it

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So what you're telling us is, inte OJV universe it's like this;

Kyle: *sigh* what I wouldn't give for Stan to carry me in his buff arms. But I don't want him to know that I want that

Kyle's messed up knee: I got fam!

You’re so right dude lmfao I’m so glad I never had my favorite stubborn ginger do physical therapy when he first hurt it bc

1) Kyle getting mad when he aggravates his bad knee is amusing to me like bro STAYS pissed at his body

2) OrangeJuiceVerse Kyle fr LOVES being carried but Stan will SO tease him if he admits it (Kyle will absolutely milk a flare up because he knows Stan likes doting on him too) so between being mad as fuck he’s also like awww my sweet strong Stanley my knight in shining armor taking such good care of me <3 they’re down so bad both of them

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The thrilling saga of PCE trying and failing to donate plasma continues this time for reasons of my own inadvertent doing (let’s just say ojv Kyle and I have more in common than red hair and a love for Stan Marsh lmfao) BUT ON A BRIGHTER NOTE Teri said something so fucking beautiful in the chat and now I have a oneshot idea bc we love healing in this household

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I'm not sure if you've ever elaborated on anything like this already but in OJV are there ever times when being a vet gets Stan really down? I remember your post about being a counselor sometimes getting Kyle and it made me wonder if treating really neglected animals or other jarring cases ever have an effect on Stan/his and Kyle's routine for such cases.

I did in fact get an ask abt vet Stan a while back, answered here, and I’d LOVE to talk abt my son some more lmao

Because I’m a huge fucking wimp and don’t stomach angst well, the vast majority of Stan’s time at work is routine pet checkups, shit like that, but as is the nature of his job, he sees a LOT of things that make him sad. Y’all know OJV Stan, all my Stans really, are huge sweethearts and animal lovers, and any case of an animal suffering hits him SUPER hard. His coworkers know this about him and he’s been sent home early on multiple occasions because of it (tw for pet loss)

So a headcanon I have is that Staniel is super fucking kickass at calming down his patients, he’s almost always the tech helping out with especially the bigger more nervous pets, but he’s also incredibly emotionally driven in general, and an old sick dog wagging its tail at him on the exam table will have him sobbing. Animals trust him as a general rule, and Stan’s biggest concern at work is that he is NOT in the room when a pet gets put down. Early on into his career, he thought he could handle it, couldn’t cope seeing the owner break down in their pet’s last moments, and had to take a full week off. He’s fantastic at what he does, but he does need some accommodations, and is lucky enough to work with people who know him and can work around not only his general mental health issues, but also the emotional attachment he forms to the sick pets.

On a lighter note, I know I’m definitely not the first to hc Stan as a vet tech, but IT JUST FITS HIM SO WELL!!! And OrangeJuiceVerse Stan being a big boy just makes me emo too, like picture him holding a damn ostrich or something, this man is picking up animals that are literally bigger than his partner with EASE. Also there’s just something about a big man and a tiny cat that just melts me (hi Moose)

Thank u for the ask I love talking about Stan!

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ryry will you tell us about the ojv sp parents! or their relationships with the sp boys? like stan ft shelley ( love stan and shell) sharon and rancid ( ik u touched on that one but im nosy ) or like kyle ft. the broflovskis? those dynamics? or how the broflovskis feel abt stan and stan’s parents abt kyle, vice versa? ill also accept star seven fam situations anythin u want go crazy go stupid

( also i love u mwahmwahmwahmwahmwaaaah )

Oh I ABSOLUTELY WILL!!! And I will get WAY too into it!!! Gonna be sticking with the Marshes and Broflovskis this ask, but I’ll get to the rest of the ojv star seven sometime! (This bouta be convoluted tbh)

So starting with my darling Stanathan, Sharon and Randy Jackass Marsh divorced for good when our boy was 12. At this point the only thing Shelley and Stan agreed on was that their parents should NOT be together and when shit was finalized they were both like FUCK YEAH MOM TAKE US OFF THIS FARM!!! And Sharon moved them back into their old house. Randy’s pretty much all over the place and not NEARLY the dad he thinks he is, but the kids still have to spend weekends at the farm a few times a month.

And like a lot of little kids, especially little boys, Stan REALLY looked up to his dad when he was younger. Like that’s his dad, the “cool” parent. But about the time Stan turned 10 and his mental health went through a really bad spot, he started to see the world a LOT less idealistically and ESPECIALLY started seeing the nuance of the people in his life. A lot of people are selfish. And his father is a prime example of that.

That’s not to say OrangeJuiceVerse Randy is truly insidious. He’s not. He just genuinely doesn’t think about anything that doesn’t directly affect him, or acknowledge that his actions can hurt other people. He’s selfish. And a lot of the reason Shelley and Stan had a rocky relationship when they’re young is because she’s four years older than her brother, and she sees their dad for all his bullshit long before Stan does, and a 14 year old Shelley is honestly jealous of that innocence. That, and the general teenage angst, but once they’re on the same page, it’s very “Annoyed Siblings vs Parents Who Need To Get Their Shit Together”. Like Sharon and Randy will be fighting again and they just share that Sibling Look lmao.

That brings me to my queen Sharon. That woman’s highest priority is her kids, always, which is a lot of the reason she gets so exasperated with Randy. Like during Stan’s stint as the poster child football star of South Park, well after the divorce, she is calling him up like “REALLY RANDY?!? You’ll use our boy to promote your weed business but can’t be bothered to come to a single game?!?” She and Sheila have also been essentially second mothers to their sons sbfs forever, and the families have been fused for style’s entire lives.

Also, Stan is a total mamas boy. Both his own and Kyle’s. He has been known to call his mother ‘dude’ because he calls everyone that and he’s very “yes ma’am” with Sheila most of the time but they’re so close that once he called HER dude and she wasn’t even phased she just likes that Stan likes her enough to feel comfortable like that lmfao. He and Sheila tag team being overly concerned about Kyle and they totally gang up on him when he’s not taking care of himself.

With Stan and Gerald, it’s a really casual thing. Like they’re mostly chill towards each other. Unless Gerald is around Randy, in which case Gerald’s dumbass tendencies come out full force, because Gerald’s kind of an idiot but he’s pretty harmless other than some minor cyber bullying and Randy Shenanigans.

So Ike. Ike and Stan have SO much fun together, especially as they get older, like they’re playing video games together, especially the puzzle games that frustrate Kyle, and when Ike’s in high school he goes to Stan for advice on things he’s too embarrassed to ask his brother about (Stan is not the person to ask for advice) and it’s so funny bc like they’re adults and Kyle will wake up at 3am for water and Stan’s in the office on the GTA RP with Ike and they’re trying to get kicked out of servers by pissing off the mods

Kyle time bois!!! As much as he tries to deny it, he is a LOT like his mother. He can be stubborn and reactive, sometimes preachy, but they’re like that because they just care so damn much about everything and everyone. If there’s an injustice to be found, they’re fighting it. And they’re both incredibly nurturing and passionate about loved ones. But because they’re so much alike, they tend to argue. At the end of the day, though, Kyle loves his mom and she loves him.

His relationship with his father was a little strained in high school. Gerald’s well meaning encouragement to push Kyle to succeed came off as IMPOSSIBLE expectations and the pressure Ky felt was on him was enormous, because Gerald really sucks at communication in a sensitive way. He actually felt a lot of guilt, for a long time, about unintentionally stressing his son out to the point that it got to. Kyle didn’t blame him really, mostly himself for getting so carried away, but he did have to learn to take everything Gerald says with a grain of salt.

Kyle and Ike ayyyyyy! Dude even if Kyle kind of terrorized Ike when he was like 8 because he thought that’s what big brothers were supposed to do, he grows into the best big brother and it’s HILARIOUS when Ike’s in middle school and Kyle’s trying WAY too hard to be cool and friends with him and Ike CONSISTENTLY reads him for absolute filth, makes fun of him for everything he can, and rips on him. He has totally told him that he likes Stan better and Kyle was like “yeah, well so do I!” “no shit, homo!” It’s all in good fun, they really love each other a lot, and if anyone fucks with Ike? They are getting the Kyle Rage Volcano.

Shelleys always been kinda indifferent towards all Stan’s friends unless they’re bothering her, but when Kyle and Stan got together, she gave him the ‘take care of my baby brother’ speech. Over the years they come to know each other pretty well, are even friends, maybe not as close as Stan and Ike, but still.

Kyle and Sharon are lowkey BESTIES dude Kyle is Team Sharon from day one. He adores his mother in law, sits with her at football games, loves gushing over Stan with her, just really enjoys her company. As a kid it’s because her more quiet nature is a break from his own mom, but as he gets older, he is the CAPTAIN of Sharon Defense Squad, because

Kyle does not like Randy. And OrangeJuiceVerse Kyle is someone who truly wants to see the good in everyone, give everyone the benefit of the doubt. Not Randy. Like he was 7 years old witnessing Randy Bullshit and he was like “dude your dads a jackass” and Stan was all “he’s okay” but over the years that exasperation with his best friend’s dad turned into an actual grudge, because how could this deranged man not see the emotional toll he was taking on his own son? Why didn’t he care about Stan? Didn’t he give a shit that he was hurting Kyle’s favorite person in the entire world? And Kyle does NOT try to hide the fact that he hates Randy, out here glaring at him, telling him off when he does something stupid (and it’s scary tbh, like OJV Kyle isn’t very intimidating until he’s mad, then he’s snapping like an angry fox) like bruh Kyle was SCREAMING at Randy kicking him out of the wedding for bringing alcohol to his SOBER SON like an uncaring dick, meanwhile Stan was more upset that his dad bothered a beehive lmfao. Kyle ‘Speak No Evil Take No Shit’ Broflovski, everyone. Randy’s a little scared of him.

That’s what I got, my dearest, THANK YOU FOR ASKING I LOVE THINKING ABT OJV!!!